Wu-Tang rapper Method Man is being sued by a woman who claims he shot her with a pellet gun after she asked him for an autograph last week.
Mary Anderson from Fort Bend County in Texas claims that she approached Method Man, real name Clifford Smith, at the window of his tour bus after he performed a show with Redman at the House Of Blues in Houston on 30 Jul. Instead of signing his name, he reportedly shot her six times in the chest and torso with a pellet gun, which left her in need of medical attention.
She is now suing the rapper for inflicting bodily harm, inflicting emotional distress, and offensive physical contact and is seeking compensation for physical pain and suffering in the past and future, mental anguish, physical impairment, disfigurement, plus legal and medical bill incurred in relation to the incident. Which is quite a list.
Her lawyer Daniel Horowitz III said: "The conduct of the defendant was so extreme and outrageous in character and so extreme in degree as to go beyond all bounds of decency and should be regarded as atrocious conduct and utterly intolerable in a civilized society".
Method Man has so far made no comment on the case.